We're heading to Texas for a few days to spend Thanksgiving with family.There's something about growing up in Texas that you can't really understand . . . unless you grew up there as well.An irrational loyalty? Rose-colored memory? Misplaced feelings of geographic...

Today, I took my first ever protected left turn from South Tryon Street onto Moss Road, leading directly to the Good Shepherd campus.Ahhhhhhh.See, for the last several years, that particular left turn has been unprotected. And because of the incline of South Tryon...

We have two cats, Thunder and Lily. The look sort of like these two at the left. One is a tabby cat and the other a tortoiseshell. They live in our garage.I heard on the radio yesterday that in a majority of households, dads are the most reluctant to bring pets into...

With the World Series starting tonight, it seems like an appropriate time to share some Fall Classic memories.Baseball has never been my top spectator sport -- it falls somewhere behind tennis and somewhere ahead of sumo wrestling -- so the memories are not abundant....

As I posted on Tuesday, I spent a little more than 24 hours in New York City in my unofficial role as "Vice President's Husband."The 24th Annual Great Sports Legends Dinner raised over $6.3 million towards the effort to locate a cure for paralysis. Sponsored by the...

Today I'm in New York City attending the 24th Annual Sports Legends Dinner.Why in the world am I there?In my official role as a Vice-President's husband. My wife Julie is a VP of Sales with Kinetic Concepts, Inc., a leading-edge medical device company based out of San...

In the middle of the news of the death of Patrick Swayze and Jody Powell, as well as the antics of various tennis players like Serena Williams, one event barely registered a blip on the media radar screen: the passing of Jack Kramer.Kramer won Wimbledon in 1947 and...

Ever since contemporary Christian music (CCM) came of age in the mid-1990s, I've been more than a casual fan. This is for a couple of reasons: 1) I like a lot of it; and 2) I'm always listening for songs that will work in church.So in no particular order, here are...

This is my son Riley.He is a rising junior at Charlotte Christian School, and today he begins two-a-day practice with the football team there.I can post his picture on my blog because he would never in a million years read my blog.Today he'll practice from 8-11 in the...

In some earlier posts, I talked about some of my favorite books and songs.So what about movies?Well, we don't seem them all that often; I'm no film expert like James-Michael Smith.But occasionally, I have gone to the theater and been either thoroughly entertained or...